Synonyms for repugnancy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-puhg-nuhns or ri-puhg-nuhn-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpʌg nəns or rɪˈpʌg nən si |
Top 10 synonyms for repugnancy
- bother
- bugbear
- detestation
- disgust
- enmity
- execration
- frost
- grievance
- gripe
- hatred
- horror
- hostility
- ill will
- irritant
- loathing
- malevolence
- malignity
- mislike
- nasty look
- no love lost
- nuisance
- objection
- odium
- pain
- rancor
- rankling
- repellence
- repellency
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- scorn
- spite
- trouble
- venom
Définition of repugnancy
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French repugnance "opposition, resistance" (13c.) or directly from Latin repugnantia "incompatibility," from stem of repugnare "resist, disagree, be incompatible" (see repugnant).
- noun hate
- From the contrary; the repugnancy betwixt Christ and the diuel.
- Extract from : « Diary of John Manningham » by John Manningham
- But they make this repugnancy yet more evident by their demonstration.
- Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch
- The criticisms of the bill that have come to us from foreign sources may well be rejected for repugnancy.
- Extract from : « A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. » by Benjamin Harrison
- On the other part, in opposition and repugnancy hereto, the philosophers say that idleness is the mother of luxury.
- Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
- At any rate, the fact is that the law has established three degrees in the effect of repugnancy.
- Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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